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Dykegatehead farm contents in 1721
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The inventory of the estate of Alexander Dods, tenant of Dykegatehead, lists his possessions as follows. Note that the values are Scottish pounds, not sterling.
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12 oxen at £ 30 per piece £ 360
a bull and stot £ 40
five kyne at £ 20 per piece £ 120
five stirks at £ 6 per piece £ 30
a calf £ 1 10s
47 hogs at 24 shillings per piece £ 56 8s
93 old sheep at 40 shillings per piece £ 186
eight horses at £ 24 per piece £ 192
two staigs at £ 10 per piece £ 20
foal estimated £ 6
six stacks of oats, each stack reckoned to consist of 12 bolls at £ 4 per boll £ 288
a wheat stack reckoned to consist of 13 bolls at 5 six shillings per boll £ 68 18s
a bear stack estimated to 10 bolls at £ 5 per boll £ 50
two pease stacks estimated to 4 bolls at £ 3 10 shillings per boll £ 14
the haill instruments for labouring: 2 ploughs, long and short wains, harrows, barrows etc £ 66 13s 4d
the household plenishing £ 66 13s 4d
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Dykegatehead farm contents in 1880
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The inventory of the estate of Balfour Balsillie, tenant of Dykegatehead, lists his possessions as follows. Note that the values are pounds sterling.
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Farmhouse contents, including furniture, clothes & watch. £111 17s 6d
Stock, implements, hay, green crops for 1880 £1161 10s
Corn crop for 1880 £526
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